Williamston's girls, too.

But ask Michael Robinson what his goal was for Green Hope's girls, and he'll coyly forget his conservative pre-season ambition: Win at least 10 games.

"I don't think I said that," Robinson said. "But maybe I did."

Robinson leads one of the five undefeated teams.

Coming off a 15-12 season, Robinson secretly hoped to win the conference championship, maybe even go to the regional final.

Time changes expectations. And that's a good thing for Robinson.

In just the second winning season in Green Hope history, the Lady Falcons are a perfect 31-0.

Ten what?

Thirty-two minutes on a Saturday evening in Raleigh are all that separates Green Hope from becoming the 18th undefeated girls basketball state champion.

It's caused quite a stir in Cary and Morrisville.

"It's not just the people who've followed us all year, but it's everybody who's starting to come," Robinson said. "I'm hearing a lot in the neighborhoods and they are really excited about the girls."

Powered by five underclassmen starters who play nearly the entire game, Green Hope will play for the state title on Saturday against Butler High out of Matthews at 5 p.m. on Saturday at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh.

Even with a superstar like regional MVP Kristen Gaffney - who has 1,029 points and six triple-doubles in her two-year career - the Lady Falcons are still the underdogs.

Butler is 24-4, but has two star players heading to Division I powerhouses Tennessee and Vanderbilt.

A third could also play in college.

Butler upset East Mecklenberg - the team that denied Butler a conference championship - in the West Regional semifinal.

It'll be David verus Goliath, and Green Hope is the former.

"It's going to [take] all five [starters]," Robinson said. "We're going to have to change defenses, we're going to have to throw different things at them. But we're going to have to play as a unit."

Green Hope wouldn't be favored in Vegas if this game had an opening line.

But then again, nobody would've picked them to be here four months ago either.

The Lady Falcons haven't had it easy, sneaking out close victories like its most recent against Enloe.

They are a team of destiny, with one more game left.

"Everybody's going to be tight in the beginning," Robinson said. "If we can play not too high and not too low, right there in the middle, and we stay close at the end - we've got a shot."

It's the most important shot in school history.

And Green Hope will have 32 minutes to make it.

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In past years, the most valuable player of the state championship game got a standard MVP honor.

But this year, the awards honor two Caryites.

The top girl in each division will win the Kay Yow award, honoring N.C. State's late women's basketball coach.

The top boy wins the Charlie Adams award. Adams, a Cary High alum, is the former head of the NCHSAA.